As part of the association’s master classes, an annual program is built at the beginning of each school year. This program includes connections with various musical institutions in both the periphery and the center of the country. Last year, we met with children from East Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, the Robin Conservatory in Haifa, I’veilin, Abu Ghosh, and Eilat.

The annual program includes a schedule of meetings and lessons with the association’s instructors – experienced teachers with extensive teaching careers, some of whom are also players in the Philharmonic Orchestra and other leading orchestras in Israel.

The frequency of meetings is sometimes a weekly meeting and sometimes group workshops every few weeks (two weeks or a month), tailored to the needs of the students and the center in coordination with the chosen instructor.

Lessons are individual, one-on-one, and sometimes in a group when working on a shared piece.

The guidance and instruction are provided for content intended to be expressed in a shared performance of the association’s activity. At the end of the process, the children play together with other students and teachers in festive concerts and festivals.

The activity is diverse, with a rich musical repertoire that most students have never played or experienced before. They play together on the same stage with professional musicians – a unique and exceptional experience compared to the regular activities of the regular framework (conservatory, music center, etc.). This type of work is essential, promoting and bringing together, and its contribution to the students is evident every year.

Testimonials:

Matan Nosimowicz:

Matan Nosimowicz, Viola player in the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra. Viola instructor and group conductor in leading orchestra courses in Israel.

“As part of my long-term activity with the association, I have met with children from all walks of life and all over the country, with the aim of guiding them in playing and playing together. I have met with children from Jerusalem, Tel Aviv-Yafo, Haifa, I’veilin, Nazareth, Tefen, Abu Ghosh, Eilat and more. In my opinion, this type of work is essential. Both for us, the teachers, and of course for the students themselves. The children get to work with a variety of the best teachers in the country and play with other students from all over the country. Diverse activity, with a rich musical repertoire that most students have never played or experienced before. At the end of the process, the children play with the teachers in festive concerts and festivals.”

Igor Frog:

Igor Frog, former deputy principal violinist in the Rishon Lezion Orchestra. Currently a violin and chamber music teacher at the Israeli Conservatory of Music in Tel Aviv. Also the conductor of the senior ensemble of the Magnificat Institute in Jerusalem.

“I gave master classes at the Conservatory of Music in Haifa and in I’veilin. In Haifa, last July, I participated in two introductory meetings at the Conservatory. We played some quartets by Dvorak and Mozart to understand the children’s reactions. Afterwards, I focused on two things in working with the students: preparing orchestral parts and coaching the soloists in Bach’s double concerto. I really enjoyed working with the students. I felt their dedication and a lot of good intentions. They didn’t have any knowledge or experience in orchestral playing, and every little thing had to be explained and practiced. The concept of “self-preparation of the parts” was also unfamiliar to them, but in the meetings themselves they tried very hard and cooperated beautifully. We demonstrated the results in two concerts on the first day of the “Sounds of Autumn” festival in Abu Ghosh, when they joined the Magnificat Ensemble in East Jerusalem under my guidance. We performed the suite by Warlock, Bach’s double concerto (first movement), and with the festival’s large orchestra, which also included the teachers, we performed Grieg’s Holberg Suite.”